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Hospira

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Amputations — AUSTIN, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Hospira in AUSTIN, TEXAS
Employer Hospira Report ID 2015085974
Address 3900 Howard Ln City, State ZIP AUSTIN, TEXAS 78728
Event Date August 20, 2015 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Slitters, winders-paper production
Industry (NAICS) 325412 Inspection # 1087861
GPS Coordinates 30.44000, -97.70000

Incident Narrative

An employee was operating a slitter machine and grabbed the latch. The latch is stopped at 90 degrees by a safety pin, however the safety pin was worn out and it did not stop the latch. The latch continued past the 90 degree angle with the employee still holding it with his left hand and made contact with the metal box that houses the slitter's major bearings. Once the latch made contact with the metal box it crushed employee's left little, ring, and middle fingers. The little finger was amputated at the hospital.

Incident Summary

On August 20, 2015, a worker at Hospira in AUSTIN, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with slitters, winders-paper production identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

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